The old Hamam (Steam Baths). It was a fairytale place.
I went to Salonica (Thessaloniki) for a few days, to see friends and have some fun away from Athens. It was a holiday here in Greece (Shrove Monday) so there was no point staying put. Well, I had more fun than I had imagined, thanks to our friends who took us to the most interesting places in the city. Here are some photos for you, and I do hope you will visit one day.
The view from the White Tower
Loxias: A nice little bookshop-restaurant-cafe
The placemat at Mare e Monti, the Italian restaurant where a Giorgio Armani lookalike was singing Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin songs
We went to the Byzantine Museum: This is a manuscript gospel, from the late 13th century
The red building in the Agia Sofia square
This was the most delicious cheese: crunchy on the outside and soft inside
Stuffed vine leaves with yogurt and cayenne pepper
The menu at Negroponte, a lovely taverna
Byzantine icons at the museum
From the exhibition about the history of the city (White Tower)
Herbs at the market
This is the city for sweets of all kinds
In the next couple of days I am going to show you more photos from Thessaloniki, especially the food which, although it’s a cliché to repeat it, it really is so much better than in Athens.
